Either you want to deal with all of me or you don’t.In many ways, distance makes a relationship easy. Before any cracks might start to show, you’re apart again and missing each other and hearts are growing fonder.
I know it’s not a lot, but it feels good to receive something for my efforts.Last month, one author earned $7,924.22 from the Partner Program, and the top story earned $1,744.21. On Medium, the content that is made most visible is not necessarily the most recent, but it is almost certainly the best.” — Neil PatelAnother double-edged sword is the Medium Algorithm.While it can help your story get viewed by the right audience, Medium is pretty secretive about how it actually works.Maybe they have learned from Google and don’t want people scamming their algorithm.It seems like it is an ever-changing force to be reckoned with. She loves kombucha and Fresca but has a real disdain for sugary drinks.When we sit down to dinner, she lights a candle to set the mood.
She will watch any episode of My fiancée is always moving and her energy is, seemingly, boundless. When we order take out, she plates it and puts food in serving dishes and sometimes I get so contrary I put my takeout container on my plate to prove a point though I could not tell you what that point is.I am the cook in our relationship, a role I am more than happy to assume. She wears her watch, every day, even though we have nowhere to go and nowhere to be.We are both workaholics but it is really revelatory to live with someone who wakes up, starts working, and powers through the entire day, busy with meetings and teaching and running a graduate program and hosting her long-running podcast and serving on nonprofit boards and a hundred other things. I plan my trips throughout the house very carefully, in ways that minimize effort. We are together more than we ordinarily would be if we lived together. She will not eat on paper plates or use plastic cutlery.
You don’t really settle into any ruts because you’re always on the go, go, go.
But, with over 80 million users on Medium, any story with a lot of reads, comments and claps are likely to be seen by a lot of eyeballs.For me, the stats page is one of the least favorite parts of my Medium experience.Sure, I can see how many people viewed, read, and clapped for my article, but anyone who has used Google Analytics knows that there is a lot of information that Medium is not sharing with us.A detailed review of Medium’s stats is way outside the scope of this story.
In Los Angeles, she is always barefoot, relaxed, willing to settle into a slower pace of life.
Sometimes a relationship works and sometimes it doesn’t and rarely does the quality of a relationship have anything to do with platitudes.
“Medium is not about who you are or whom you know, but about what you have to say.”– Erik Devaney. Or, love is easy. I think that readers have engaged with all of my stories in one way or another.It always feel good when someone responds to one of your stories. Every night is date night — sexy restaurants, exciting theater, museums, fancy parties, hot dogs at three in the morning from Chelsea Papaya, our favorite lesbian bar and booze in plastic cups and grinding on a tiny dance floor surrounded by people 20 years our junior. She takes bugs outside instead of killing them. She refuses to drink water. The statistics aren’t perfect, but where else can you get an estimate of how many people actually finished reading your story?Looking at the number of views and the read ratio for your story will give you a good indication of what you can do to improve your writing.If your story didn’t get many views, it might be that your title and image need some improvement.If your story received a lot of views, but it has a low read ratio, you might want to work on your writing.While Medium is a great place to write and share your stories, there are a couple of things that could be improved.Monetization is a double-edged sword.
She loves wind chimes and birds and installed a bird feeder so thought whenever a bird comes to have a snack, she says, “Birdy!” She makes up words all the time and sometimes, they are so strange and surprising that I laugh and laugh. It isn’t. About Help Legal.
Language is powerful.
Now, each day, we add something new to the portrait of us and it is unexpectedly thrilling. We were never concerned about the distance.
Each member’s $5/month subscription is distributed proportionally to the stories that the individual member engaged with that month. Who knows, they may be in great shape financially, we don’t know for sure.But, Medium could be gone tomorrow, and your audience and content will be gone with them.If they go under tomorrow what happens to your stories?Sure there are some bad and some possibly ugly things about it.But, it is a great place to share your stories, get feedback, and interact with others who share your interests.What are your thoughts on your Medium experience so far?The Write Up delivers writing advice, encouragement, and challenges right to your inbox each month. She waters and talks to the greenery, encouraging everything to grow. I have grown tired of this conventional wisdom.